Zeno Clash is now available
on Steam, offering the first-person melee fighting game that's the debut
title from independent Chilean developer ACE Team. Here's a punch-list of
features:

Engaging melee combat in first person
The new melee combat system allows players to perform a variety of movements
like deflect & elude combos, knockback finisher punches and punishing grab
attacks. Learn new attacks as the game progresses and confronts you with more
formidable foes.

Fantastic visuals powered by the Source engine
Players will be immersed in a fantastic world, beautiful and disturbing at the
same time. The unprecedented art style brings a fresh new approach to the first
person genre. The surreal environments and characters will keep players wanting
to discover more.

Survival mode challenges
Jump right into the action in engaging unlockable "tower challenges". The player
must overcome enemy waves to progress through the tower levels. The game will
rate the player in different categories like speed and performance. A
leaderboards system will rank you against your friends, so the challenge never
ends.

Deep storyline
Players will play the role of Ghat; the son of a impressive hermaphrodite
creature called Father-Mother, whose children form the most powerful clan in the
city of Halstedom. Ghat must escape from his family and start an incredible
journey with his female companion Deadra, who will aid him in the dangerous
lands of Zenozoik.

Bizarre weapons
The game features an unusual arsenal of eccentric weapons that are built from
scraps and junk. Hammers and clubs will be the most effective when fighting
heavy characters that can only be brought down with extreme force.

Evil Timmy - Really enjoyed the 2-3 hours I put into this game today...

/agree... I put some time in last night and really enjoyed the style. The hitboxes did get a little frustrating for me, but I'm getting used to them. It's also a lot more linear than I thought it was going to be, but there are positives in that too. The rest is all pretty impressive. I payed the full $20, but that's the price I had to pay to wait for reviews.

Really enjoyed the 2-3 hours I put into this game today. The art style is striking and unique, to the point that I've found myself just staring at my surroundings when I should have been doing other things, like blocking. Which leads into the melee combat which, shockingly for a PC first-person game played on mouse and keyboard, is great. The whole system works well, and combined with often-frantic weapon grabs in the middle of a fight, has rarely frustrated me, and mostly just been a fun challenge. Voice acting is passable, rarely noticeably bad but rarely amazing either, just there. The plot is still unraveling but it's tied to such an interesting world that I'm definitely paying attention. My only real complaint is that some of the animations and damage hitboxes don't seem to entirely match up, however that could pretty easily be tweaked in a patch.

It's worth $20, and I feel the $10 I paid for it was a steal, for something that's truly a gem.

+1. It was playing the demos of And Yet It Moves and Cogs that convinced me to get them. I think some aspects of Zeno Clash look really good but the videos didn't sell it to me - the current price point is also a bit high and I wasn't prepared to take up the previous offers without a demo.

I don't see how $20 is high... it has quite high production values and seems to be 6-8 hours long, plus challenge modes and Steam achievements.

as cool as this sounds and as much as I want to support indie devs, I am simply not buying this without a demo.

+1. It was playing the demos of And Yet It Moves and Cogs that convinced me to get them. I think some aspects of Zeno Clash look really good but the videos didn't sell it to me - the current price point is also a bit high and I wasn't prepared to take up the previous offers without a demo.